Uncertainty-aware Integration of Control with Process Operations and Multi-parametric Programming Under Global Uncertainty

Dr. Charitopoulos is a Lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering, UCL. Prior to joining UCL he was a Research Associate at the Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge where he worked as part of the Energy Policy Research Group on the optimisation of national energy infrastructure projects. He has been the recipient of numerous awards including the prestigious UCL Newton Award for his outstanding work in the field of sustainability. His research interests include: decision-making under uncertainty in energy and process systems, data-driven optimisation of process systems and smart-manufacturing frameworks for process industries. 

Thesis Background.- Parametric Optimisation: 65 Years of Developments and Status Quo.- Multi-parametric Linear and Mixed Integer Linear Programming Under Global Uncertainty.- Towards Exact Multi-setpoint Explicit Controllers for Enterprise Wide Optimisation.- Open-loop Integration of Planning, Scheduling and Optimal Control: Overview, Challenges and Model Formulations.- Closed-loop Integration of Planning, Scheduling and Multi-parametric Nonlinear Control.- A Hybrid Framework for the Uncertainty-aware Integration of Planning, Scheduling and Explicit Control.- Conclusions and Future Work.